How to Say “Scanned” in Spanish

escaneado
/eskaneado/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for scanned is escaneado.
escaneado is the past participle of the verb escanear, which means to scan.

How does it change in a sentence?

As a past participle, escaneado is used with the auxiliary verb haber to form perfect tenses. Depending on its use as an adjective, it must agree with the noun it describes: escaneada for feminine singular, escaneados for masculine plural and escaneadas for feminine plural.

How do you pronounce it?

/eskaneado/

Did you know?

  • If a computer has 'scanned' for viruses, a Spanish user would say el antivirus ha analizado el sistema rather than using the word escaneado.
  • While escaneado describes a digital process, someone 'scanning' a room with their eyes in Latin America would likely use the verb recorrer.
  • The verb escanear is an anglicism, meaning it was adapted directly from English rather than evolving from Latin.

Examples in context

  • En 0.0000045 segundos, he escaneado la ciudad entera y he encontrado 0 objetivos.
    In 0.0000045 seconds, I scanned the entire city and found 0 targets.
    This sentence is useful for seeing how to use escaneado in a sentence regarding scanning a city.
    Tatoeba #10566669 by DJ_Saidez, translation #10566635 by auxitt
  • He escaneado el documento y lo he enviado por correo electrónico al cliente.
    I have scanned the document and sent it via email to the client.
  • Necesito digitalizar este contrato antes de enviarlo.
    I need to scan this contract before sending it.
  • Te paso el archivo escaneado por WhatsApp.
    I'll send you the scanned file via WhatsApp.
  • ¿Dónde puedo escanear esto?
    Where can I scan this?
  • ¿Me lo envías escaneado?
    Can you send it to me scanned?
  • He escaneado el documento para enviarlo por correo.
    I have scanned the document to send it by email.
  • ¿Has escaneado ya el código de barras?
    Have you scanned the barcode already?

Example conversation

Lucía and Javier are working in an office.

  1. Lucía

    Javier, ¿ya has escaneado los recibos?
    Javier, have you scanned the receipts yet?
  2. Javier

    Sí, ya he escaneado todo el montón.
    Yes, I have already scanned the whole pile.
  3. Lucía

    Perfecto, envíamelos ahora mismo.
    Perfect, send them to me right now.
  4. Javier

    Lo hago enseguida, Lucía.
    I'll do it right away, Lucía.

Sources

  • IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
  • Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
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